The event will address risk management from both the operational and financial point of view. Attendees will learn:

Where their organizations might have risk management issues

Where they are personally directly responsibility for risk mitigation

What questions they need to be asking their investment committee members

How they can avoid "Madoff-like" scenarios

The leaders of the seminar, Eve Ellis and Jim Forbes, are both experts in risk management and have extensive experience working with large nonprofits.

Eve Ellis, Certified Financial Planner® and Certified Investment Management Analyst™ is one of fewer than 200 Chartered Advisors in Philanthropy in the nation. Ellis is a Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC in NYC and a member of the Association of Professional Investment Consultants (APIC), an independent organization dedicated towards professionalism in the consulting industry.

James Forbes, Jr. (Jim) is senior consultant at Accounting Management Solutions, Inc. specializing in nonprofits, healthcare and human services. Most recently, Forbes was a partner at Tatum LLC where he served as an interim CFO for nonprofit clients in research, advocacy, healthcare and education. Forbes is a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA), serving on the Not-for-Profit Organizations committee. Forbes is also the Secretary-Treasurer of AARP, a role that he holds alongside his position at AMS.

About Accounting Management Solutions
Accounting Management Solutions, Inc. (AMS) is a leading supplier of outsourced accounting and financial management services for the Northeast. AMS supports public, private and nonprofit organizations of all sizes with experienced industry-specific consultants. As a long-term partner or a short-term solution, AMS provides senior level support including chief financial officers, vice presidents of finance, controllers, directors of finance and senior accountants for part-time, interim, or project-based assignments. Exclusive providers of the AMS Rapid Diagnostic™, a unique service designed to assess an organization's financial health and provide a roadmap to best practices, other engagements include broad-based financial assessments, managing the entire finance function, fulfilling specific technical or event-driven needs and much more. For additional information, visit http://www.amsolutions.net. For finance news and information, sign up for The AMS Report, the company's free finance industry newsletter or visit The AMS Online Resource Center.